Pamela Chow, CPA (Australia)

Experience

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  Spotless services

  Apr 2005 - Jul 2007

  Assistant Accountant

  • Ensure timely & accurate processing of Accounts Payable o Accounts Receivable duties:o Raising Tax invoiceo Maintaining aging debtors reporto Write off of unrecoverable bad debts• End of month activities- Monthly forecast in accruals for revenues and expense items• Monthly Profit and Loss reporting, and review for 3 Major Resources Contract for WA• Perform Balance Sheet reconciliation’s / reporting and review• Prepare and maintain detailed forecast data, detailing items causing variance from budget• Dealing with Major Clients such as Rio Tinto and the Fortescue Metal Group. Show less

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  PKF Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers (Australia)

  Aug 2007 - May 2008

  Internal Auditor

  • Evaluating external clients’ internal control systems and compliance• Assess risk assessments and make recommendations • Performing various substantive testing procedures for key auditable areas

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  Barminco

  Jun 2008 - Dec 2010

  Accountant

  • Preparation of monthly financial reports for 20 mine sites, with a combined annual turnover of $500M.• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations, GST returns and annual FBT returns.• Preparation of annual budget and monthly forecast.• Liaison with external auditors for annual audits.• Retrieved over $200K in over 90 days receivables in 6 weeks.• Reconciled all bank activity for the 2008-2009 calendar years to clear variance of over $200K.

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  FMR Investments

  Dec 2010 - Aug 2015

  Senior Financial Accountant

  • Preparation and review of year end consolidated financial statements for the FMR Group – Including the Eloise Copper Mine, Gordon Sirdar Gold Mine, Greenfields toll Milling and Investments, with a combined annual turnover of $200M.• Managed relationship with external auditors for annual audit and tax engagements.• Preparation of monthly financial statements and detailed variance analysis for the board reports.• Review and oversee the month end process, balance sheet reconciliations and GST returns.• Preparation of annual budget and monthly forecast.• Supervision of a team of Professional (Assistant Accountant, AP and AR) - including performing performance reviews, training and mentoring.• Assisted Management to reduce the company’s annual expense by $500K, by streamlining the finance team and systems, which in turn increased the overall efficiency as well.• Worked in collaboration with the Financial Controller with successfully increasing the yearly cash flow by $1M by reducing Accounts Receivable days.• Restructured the format of critical balance reconciliations (Primarily Payroll), which in turn reduced errors and time to complete the reconciliations. Show less

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  Kinross Gold Corporation

  Nov 2015 - now

  • Manager, Corporate Accounting

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Senior Analyst, Corporate Accounting

    Mar 2019 - Jan 2023

  • Analyst, Corporate Accounting

    Nov 2015 - Feb 2019